Such a frustrating disappointment

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

I'm sorry but the movie is not that good just download it or stream it! Don't waste your precious wages on this poor film...The film is based off of a Japanese Manga of the same name. There's too much material to be putting it in movie form. But, I'm sad to say there's not much to the material to speak of! I feel like the only redeeming value is if you enjoy over the top violence and don't care about character or story development. Just a bunch of flashy brawling and poor stiff acting.You can keep hearing the words " For No REASON!!! " ringing in your head in a faux thuggish gangster voice as you see the main character constantly getting into all sorts of trouble just because he wants to be the strongest a Gangstah and well....just because he feels like it...I only watched this junk all the way through because I'm lying down sick around the house and this garbage was shown for "free" on an Asian channel. You have been warned.

Well, the son wrote a first draft; writing is rewriting, after all.It's a pity because had someone competent worked on this project, it could have been a pretty fine film. Instead, we're treated to terrible writing the actors can't disguise and fights which will eventually prompt the viewer to switch to x2 or x4 forward speed as opposed to turning this otherwise steaming pile of turd off.Plot holes and cartoon-like characters aside (someone else mentioned it was based on a comic, which I suppose explains that aspect at least), there exists the potential for a good, brutal action-drama, but unfortunately, the utterly juvenile and painfully unwatchable delivery of the final output makes it easy to over-look this.Actually, I'd be surprised if most viewers managed to get through this even at x16 speed. A very bad film indeed.

I saw it a over 2 year ago. I liked the film. I think the story was good and interesting. Good realistic and brutal fights in my opinion. I think they made it like Shawn Yue actually knew martial arts. What was rare in this was that they didn't use much wires in the fights.I noticed 1 or 2 wires in the film. I think Shawn did a good job in the fight scenes, and acting. It had enough action scenes for me. I for hope a sequel to this film. It think it deserves a sequel. If you like a action film with a good enough story, and a film with well made fight choreography and realistic, brutal fights, then i can for sure recommend this film to you.

It seem a lot of people hated this movie, but I for one really liked it.Shawn Yue and Francis Ng are my favorite HK actors, and the Infernal Affairs pair did a really fine job IMO. I really connected with the characters, and I thought they were perfect casting for those characters (though I have not read the manga, as usual) It is true there were some cheesy manga scenes here and there, but I loved how the movie was directed, and there were many cool fight and slow-mo scenes. The artistic element in this movie worked very well for me.There were a lot of random violence, but the movie was about the pain the protagonist had to suffer through, and I thought it was a fine movie.